The Story Attic

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On this episode: 
Greg was just a guy looking to live the dream life on an Island; eating coconuts, sipping on rum drinks.  He escaped it all after a brief marriage and years of bull and bear market trading to find paradise in the USVI.  There he built a family of friends, and even began a new career.  It was just then that someone entered his life to make him re-think it all. 

Interviews done on this podcast are intended only to represent the opinions, experiences or point of view of the guests.  Surnames may be omitted for privacy, and at times names may be changed or omitted for anonymity.

Greg Kleiman and his partner Toby own The Max Challenge in both Madison and Montclair, New Jersey.  Check out their awesome studios!

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Please click the checkbox to follow the podcast, and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcast, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.  Follow my podcast Instagram @thestoryattic and Facebook page, The Story Attic.  For show ideas or to be a guest on the show, email me at [email protected].  Thanks!
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Interviews done on this podcast are intended only to represent the opinions, experiences or point of view of the guests.  Surnames  are omitted for privacy, and at times names may be changed or omitted for anonymity as well.

Part 2 of my interview with Milena.  This week's guest discusses how her upbringing in a traditional, patriarchal home with immigrant parents shaped and bent how she coped with relationships and sense of self throughout her youth.  She now grapples with her fertility and longing to become a Mother. Her emotional intelligence and empathy are incredible and her now zen, balanced outlook is inspiring.  

Please click the checkbox to follow the podcast, and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your shows.  Follow my podcast Instagram @thestoryattic and Facebook page, The Story Attic.  For show ideas or to be a guest on the show, email me at [email protected].  Thanks!
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Interviews done on this podcast are intended only to represent the opinions, experiences or point of view of the guests.  Surnames  are omitted for privacy, and at times names may be changed or omitted for anonymity as well.

My guest on this episode is Milena, a beautiful woman telling how she and her family fled communism as refugees here to America and the resulting difficulties, trials, tribulations and successes that emerged.  Her family narrowly escaped imprisonment (for a 2nd time), to travel through Europe and eventually arrive to Chicago.   

Welcome to Season 2 of the Story Attic!  Please rate and review the podcast on Apple or Spotify.  To send story ideas or tell your story email [email protected].

On this episode, you will hear my conversation with "Heidi" a lovely woman who has been taken advantage of by Internet / Catfish scammers.  Several different men preyed upon Heidi's vulnerability and generosity leaving her dealing with financial and legal troubles while they continued lying.  Additionally, Heidi has suffered tremendous loss in her lifetime and a dear family member's remains were desecrated by a coroner and greedy colleagues.  

Some names have been changed / altered and images on our social media channels have been modified.  

This episode contains adult themes and is intended for listeners over the age of 18.  

Please click the checkbox to follow the podcast, and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcast, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.  Follow my podcast Instagram @thestoryattic and Facebook page, The Story Attic.  For show ideas or to be a guest on the show, email me at [email protected].  Thanks!
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Interviews done on this podcast are intended only to represent the opinions, experiences or point of view of the guests.  Surnames  are omitted for privacy, and at times names may be changed or omitted for anonymity as well.

In this episode, I speak with Michael, someone close to me who has had to deal with so many adverse circumstances from when he was a very young child.  Watching a marriage ripped apart by mental illness and extreme emotional turbulence and abuse, having to fend for himself from the age of 8,  and later finding out a life-altering, painful secret dished out at a family party.  

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Please click the checkbox to follow the podcast, and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcast, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.  Follow my podcast Instagram @thestoryattic and Facebook page, The Story Attic.  For show ideas or to be a guest on the show, email me at [email protected].  Thanks!
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Interviews done on this podcast are intended only to represent the opinions, experiences or point of view of the guests.  Surnames  are omitted for privacy, and at times names may be changed or omitted for anonymity as well.

Hear the story of how Lisa walked away from her career in NY to move to Puerto Rico, where as a child she dreamed she’d be.  With a little luck and a lot of support, she made a life by the beach.  

This episode is dedicated to everyone who helped me fulfill a childhood dream, my immediate family and my family of friends in Puerto Rico, as I journeyed to living en La Isla Del Encanto.

Coqui sounds are from: Coqui Frogs in El Yunque, by Rising with Nature.

Small business of the week is JESSY ARTISTY, making beautiful handmade items from sea glass.  https://www.etsy.com/shop/JessyArtistry

To visit the resorts I worked at in PR go to:  https://www.conquistadorresort.com and https://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/hotels/puerto-rico/san-juan

As always, stick around to the very end for the best:  this week a blooper with my mom!

Please click the checkbox to follow the podcast, and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcast, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.  Follow my podcast Instagram @thestoryattic and Facebook page, The Story Attic.  For show ideas or to be a guest on the show, email me at [email protected].  Thanks!
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Interviews done on this podcast are intended only to represent the opinions, experiences or point of view of the guests.  Surnames  are omitted for privacy, and at times names may be changed or omitted for anonymity as well.

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Not every love story has a clear beginning, nor a clear end and certainly many roads can be traveled upon when searching for Mr/Mrs "Right".  In today's story, our guest definitely took the circuitous route to finding - or - re-finding the love of her life.  Hear what happened on her pathway to finding love before and after 40.    This is Andrea.

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Please click the checkbox to follow the podcast, and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcast, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.  Follow my podcast Instagram @thestoryattic and Facebook page, The Story Attic.  For show ideas or to be a guest on the show, email me at [email protected].  Thanks!

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I'm so excited to share this story with you all.  My guest, Jeanette Yoffe tells her incredible story of her life - from being a foster child, to finding her birth parents, becoming an actor and playwright to emerging from it all, fulfilling a career of her calling.  And what's more, she just released her first children't book titled, "What is Adoption?"  

She's a beautiful person and a tremendous advocate and it was a joy and honor to speak with her.  To find out more directly from Jeanette, here are the links to her website, YouTube Channel, and more.

Website:

https://www.jeanetteyoffe.com/

YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/JeanetteYoffeFosterCareAdoptionTherapy/featured 

Author Page on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Jeanette-Yoffe-M.F.T./e/B07V9L93XF?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000

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Today's episode is one about the ultimate love, the most empowering and most frightening love;  The love of yourself. --  Loving yourself enough to do what is best for you and not to be afraid of what is to come from that choice.

I am talking with my guest, Grace, about her path to fulfilling her dreams, finding love, heartbreak and coming through the other side authentically giving of herself and receiving all that is meant for her.  

Please click the checkbox to follow the podcast, and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcast, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.  Follow my podcast Instagram @thestoryattic and Facebook page, The Story Attic.  For show ideas or to be a guest on the show, email me at [email protected].  Thanks!

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On this episode, I'm talking about my dear friend,  Heather,  who left us too soon.  Heather was  always taking risks and being vulnerable, and so today I'm putting a lot on the line - just like she would have. 

I don't  own any rights to Van Morrison's Bright Side of the Road. 
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-essential-van-morrison/1060521507

Some names have been changed for privacy's sake.  

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